Building control bodies and professionals

The Building Safety Regulator (BSR) regulates registered building inspectors and building control bodies, including:

• local authorities
• registered building control approvers

Find out the duties, standards and registration information for building inspectors and building control bodies (on GOV.UK)^[1].

Monitoring and enforcement

BSR uses a risk-based and intelligence-led approach to assess the performance of building control bodies.

Inspection of building control bodies

Find out more about BSR's inspection selection criteria - on (GOV.UK)^[2] and how they make sure building control bodies are following the professional codes and standards.

Investigation of building control professionals

BSR has a series of escalating sanctions and enforcement measures to maintain standards and deal with poor performance.

Find out more about how BSR investigates building control professionals (on GOV.UK).^[3]

Multi-disciplinary teams (MDTs)

Local authorities and fire and rescue authorities work with BSR in MDTs to meet their legal duties to assist in the regulation of higher-risk buildings and higher-risk building work.

The provision of assistance for multi-disciplinary teams^[4] explains how you can work with BSR.